Efficient Nazarov cyclizations of 2-alkoxy-1,4-pentadien-3-ones

Guangxin Liang; Stefan N Gradl; Dirk Trauner

doi:10.1021/ol036019z

Efficient Nazarov cyclizations of 2-alkoxy-1,4-pentadien-3-ones

Org Lett. 2003 Dec 25;5(26):4931-4. doi: 10.1021/ol036019z.

Authors

Guangxin Liang¹, Stefan N Gradl, Dirk Trauner

Affiliation

¹ Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

PMID: 14682732
DOI: 10.1021/ol036019z

Abstract

Expeditious and high-yielding Nazarov cyclizations of 2-alkoxy-1,4-pentadien-3-ones are described. An example of a catalytic asymmetric Nazarov cyclization is presented. [reaction: see text]